The A-Rod Scandal

We all know what is going on. The thing I want to discuss is, should MLB release the names of the 103 Baseball players who also failed the test?

There is 2 ways of looking at this.

1) If they release the names, we know who cheated, and who didn't. At the moment, the whole of Baseball is shrouded in a cloud of doubt in EVERYONE. Do they release the names to exonerate those who didnt fail?
Do the players who have cheated deserve to remain anonymous?

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2) The players did this as a tester for MLB to know if they need to do more drug tests. They agreed that it was to be anonymous, and the names should NEVER be released. Does the ends justify the means? Breaking an agreement may not be the best way to go about it, and the players will have insane leverage when they rework the CBA. And, releasing confidential information is the start of a very slippery slope in regards to private information. Do we then want to see players medical records? It's not that far of a leap.

Discuss.

Well it's going to come out sooner or later, so they might as well throw that information out there. Honestly I don't care about baseball at all though.

All I know is that with the amount of revenue that baseball and sports in general produce in this country, everyone who says "Congress needs to stay out of this" is a fucking idiot and there need to be serious repercussions for these scandals.

Congress needs to stay out of this and there need to be serious repercussions for these scandals.

You know, if they all did steroids back then, then shame on them.

If they're not doing steroids now, I really don't care.

It's like with A-Rod. I'm disappointed he did steroids...but he's not doing them now. He's still producing numbers. He came clean. That's what matters.

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Originally Posted by Pepsi

You know, if they all did steroids back then, then shame on them.

If they're not doing steroids now, I really don't care.

It's like with A-Rod. I'm disappointed he did steroids...but he's not doing them now. He's still producing numbers. He came clean. That's what matters.

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The only issue I have with his confession is just over a year ago he was on National TV proclaiming he has never taking any illegal substances. That kind of goes along with the Matthew Stafford in Detroit discussion we had in the other thread.

But if he came out last year and admitted it before he needed to when asked face to face, I may respect him a little bit more, but he has done a hell of alot more than all the other players accused of this by holding his hands up and admitting his mistakes, and for that I do respect the man.

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Originally Posted by Nauticat

The only issue I have with his confession is just over a year ago he was on National TV proclaiming he has never taking any illegal substances. That kind of goes along with the Matthew Stafford in Detroit discussion we had in the other thread.

But if he came out last year and admitted it before he needed to when asked face to face, I may respect him a little bit more, but he has done a hell of alot more than all the other players accused of this by holding his hands up and admitting his mistakes, and for that I do respect the man.

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At least he admitted it at some point. Unlike Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, etc.

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Originally Posted by Pepsi

At least he admitted it at some point. Unlike Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, etc.

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Exactly what I said.